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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Dots on Dots! My Turn!

Dot on Dots Blog Hop has been so much fun so far! A huge Thank you to Madame Samm for another awesome hop and to Connie at Quilt Taffy! I have to admit, I'm a dot-o-phobic... sorta scared to buy dot fabric, use dot fabric. I know that's crazy because there are tons of fabulous fabric out there to use! So this was a good challenge to help me get over my dot fear. So I dug around in my fabric and found a fabulous collection of scraps that I actually bought on Etsy, there were some wonderful dot fabrics included. I've been saving this fabric to make a quilt.... so I came up with this fun quilt square which is quick and easy to put together. I hope that you enjoy my block.... which turned into a quilt. The pattern for my quilt can be found on Etsy and Craftsy.... I have called it 'Laundry Day'.... the colors are fresh and bright, like clean laundry hanging on the clothes line.

Here is one of my blocks for my quilt.... it measures 12 1/2" (this includes seam allowance) I really like the green dot fabric.

Then there is this block with the blue dot fabric.... love this one too!

"What..... why can't I lay down here?"

Here is a section of my "Laundry Day" quilt with my Dot blocks...

Here is 'Laundry Day' laided out on my kitchen table, all ready to be pinned for quilting....

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Lime green with white dots...... I had so much fun free motion quilting!

A funky flower dot.....

More lime green....

A fun lime green and pink dot fabric!

Well, as a recovering Dot-a-phobic.... I quilted 'dots' too! It was a lot of fun to do.

The finished quilt!
'Laundry Day'
44" x 56"

So as a fun giveaway, I will be giving away a PDF copy of my 'Laundry Day' pattern to two lucky winners. Leave me a comment about if you have any quilt-phobias.... for a second chance to win, follow me too. (For a third chance to win.... tweet about it) Wilson and I will draw the lucky winners on September 21st.

Grab your cup of coffee and enjoy the hop! I get to share today with these talented quilters!

160 comments:

Before I saw you were having a give away I had already decided I needed this pattern! It is amazing and love you colour choice. This one has really inspired me, we'll wait and see if I win the pattern...

mmmm a dot a phobic...can't say I ever met anyone who fits this bill tillllll this morning...a lovely dot collection... not sure why you called it laundry day...must of gone over my head here...but it looked like spinning dots to me..lol. Please share with me how you came up with the name....It's early, what can I say...lol. However most deserving of something this morning..go and see at well you know lol

Your quilt is gorgeous...love the pattern! My phobia is always squaring up a quilt...is it square at the corners...can I make it square...have I cut off too much? You get the drift... thanks for the chance to win!

Beautiful -- I am traveling this bloggy path for inspiration, I am a new quilter (so new that I have several things in process and nothing truly done yet!) -- my phobias run the whole range from cutting to binding, but my biggest phobia involves the final quilting!

Okay, this is a rediculous phobia I am sure.. but making that first cut into the beautiful fabric.. I am so sure I am going to mess it up. I just love the fabric so, and don't have lots and lots, so I'm afraid to USE it.

I have a real problem breaking into a precut bundle. I guess I am worried that my project is not the ideal one for that group of fabric. I find it so much easier to work with scraps (maybe because they are "disposable").

I don't like directional fabrics! I can't get them going the way I want them to go ...or straight either for that matter! Yuk! I'm glad you got over your phobia on dots because this is so cute! I love it!

What a fantastic quilt, and the quilting is to die for! I always get a twinge of fear when I start cutting fabric or when I start top quilting everything together. It feels like the point of no return, but once I get started it just becomes fun. :)

Hi Cindy, I love the Laundry Day block. My phobia about quilting is applique. I bought your Wilson pattern and had a go with that on Treacle's quilt and it turned out okay but not as good as some of the ladies whose blogs I read. I know practice makes perfect. Thanks for sharing and the Giveaway. Susie x

What a fun quilt. Very pretty. Please do not enter me, as I really don't have the time to make much of anything these days. I have become a "sandwich" person. (taking care of grandkid, kids and my Mom)

I am HOPPING.. What a cute quilt.. why do animals have to sit on what we are doing, My little do sits on my sewing machine if it gets to late.. LOL ,.Hope to see you tomorrow on my Dots to Dots Blog Day..

Your quilt is so pretty and those fabrics are so cheerful. It is a great pattern. I do have some quilt phobias. I have been avoiding working with triangles and Y seams. I know there are special rulers now that will help so I am thinking about trying some harder (for me) quilts.

WOW!! I'll say you got over your phobia! Laundry Day is good, clean fun and so fresh too! Congratulations!!My phobia, curves and circles. Not too sure how to tackle those just yet. ;)Thank you for the chance.

Love your quilt, and all the soft colours. My phobia is machine quilting. Haven't tried much of it yet, and I don't know if I really want to, but someday all my tops need to get finished into quilts.....lol

What a great quilt for your dots! The pattern is perfect :o) My phobia is curved piecing. I know I can't hand applique so the only way I'll ever get curves in a quilt is to piece them. Haven't even gone there yet. Eesh.

Quilt phobias eh.... I don't think I have any. I love trying new ideas, designs and fabrics. I guess my one phobia would be if someone critiqued the mistakes I make. Because I often cut off points and make my blocks a little bit unsquare, or things like that, but I still like how things turn out.

I am a happy follower and always enjoy Wilson's adventures in the quilt room! Your quilt is bright and clean looking, just like we want laundry to be, you are right! I'd love to own your pattern. Thanks for the generosity.

Rosemary B here:The most beautiful quilt everrrr!well.... my quilting phobia is actually making a quilt. I have not made one quilt. Just little frippy things, placemats, mug rugs a wall hanging but no huge collection of amazing blocks all put together. I do not know if I can do that...Your blog is wonderful, love the header and I am gonna follow you now.Thanks for sharing your creativity. You are an inspriation

How fun! I love the quilt. :-) My quilt-phobia is probably comfortably working with scrappy quilts. I always try to organize and control everything. Oh, wait a minute. I guess that extends well past quilting; but of course that is a different subject. :-)

Cindy-Your Laundry Day Quilt with the different fabrics reminds me of quilts I saw in an exhibit many years ago that were made from house dresses of black women from the South that was exhibited at the San Francisco International Airport. I know this sounds crazy but the airport has two museums, an aviation one and a traditional one. My husband used to travel quite a bit for work and when my children were young, we would sometimes meet him when he arrived home from a business trip. I would always plan to get there early and view the exhibits. I also recall seeing an exhibit displaying teapots. If your curious, check out: http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/sfo_museum/about/ Thanks for sharing.

Yum, my coffee has tasted quite good, sipping it while I've been reading about your dot phobia. Mine would be cutting into and using fabrics that I really, really love. So they just sit on the shelf. Silly, I know. Kinda like not using the good dishes for fear they'll get chipped or something. Ah, these silly brains of ours.

Pretty quilt! I haven't used any dots fabric but it looks like a great choice of fabric! ;)

My greatest phobia - cutting into the beautiful Japanese fabrics I've been collecting. What if I cut wrong and then don't have enough for a quilt? So instead it's been sitting downstairs until I have some added experience and confidence.